Tag Archives: PJ Harvey

10 Greatest British Tracks of 2011

By | Posted on December 19th, 2011

As the sun sets on another year, and the bloggers post their final compilations, attempting to make sense of quite a disparate musical landscape, the Anglophenia music obsessives have been busy in conference, trying to work out who ...

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Back Off Adele, PJ Harvey Wins The Mercury Prize…Again

By | Posted on September 7th, 2011

Well now, here’s a turn-up for the books. Last night saw the 2011 Mercury Music Prize ceremony take place, and as always there was a shortlist of ten remarkable albums, and a panel of judges picked out the one they felt was the ...

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Adele, Elbow, PJ Harvey Nominated For Mercury Prize

By | Posted on July 19th, 2011

The nominations for this year’s Mercury Awards have just been announced, and as usual, there are no clear front-runners as yet (although if I was in charge, it’d be an easy win for Everything Everything), so here’s the full list ...

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Music Roundup: Coldplay, Muse to Headline Lollapalooza

By | Posted on April 26th, 2011

With Coachella already done and Bonnaroo and Glastonbury set to go, rabid music lovers looking to sweat it out at yet another summer music festival can now look ahead to Lollapalooza.

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Music Roundup: Jessie J Looks to Spread the ‘L.O.V.E.’ on U.S. Debut

By | Posted on April 12th, 2011

She is inescapable, that Jessie J. And today (April 12), the English pop maven finally brings her UK chart-topping debut, Who You Are, to the States.

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The Tellyvangelist: April 11 – 17

By | Posted on April 11th, 2011

In your weekly guide to all that’s British on American TV, Cat Deeley leads five Royally Mad Yankees on a London tour, The Ricky Gervais Show has its season finale, Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution hits the West Coast, and ...

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Music Roundup: PJ Harvey Brings Us ‘Let England Shake’

By | Posted on February 15th, 2011

At last, Polly Jean Harvey‘s Let England Shake is here. Her first for Vagrant Records, the dozen-song set was recorded with her longtime collaborator John Parish, Mick Harvey and producer Flood in a 19th century church in Dorset, ...

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A Valentine Day’s Gift Guide for Your Brit-Loving Sweetheart

By | Posted on February 12th, 2011

My wife laughed when she heard that anyone had asked me for any kind of advice about Valentine’s Day. They’re just looking for some cool British-themed stuff, like movies and books, I explained.

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Music Roundup: White Lies Pack a Punch with ‘Ritual’

By | Posted on January 18th, 2011

Out this week is the fantastic new album from London’s White Lies. Produced by Alan Moulder (Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails), the 10-song set that is Ritual builds upon the swarthy alt-rock trio’s 2008 debut, To Lose My ...

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Music Roundup: What’s Coming Up In 2011

By | Posted on December 28th, 2010

With the dawning of the New Year only a few days away, let us take a rest from reacquainting ourselves with some of the year’s best LPs to turn an ear to 2011. Some of the UK’s finest — Coldplay, Radiohead, Mogwai, and ...

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